Meet our talented violin student Alice. She began her musical journey in our Harmony Road program at the age of four and now studies violin with Teacher Shaoqing.
1. What is your name and how old are you?
My name is Alice and I am 10.
2. How long have you been studying music and how old were you when you first started?
I started six years ago. I was 4 years old.
3. Who is your teacher?
My teacher is Mr. Shao
4. What pieces are you currently working on?
I am working on Spring by Vivaldi.
5. How often do you practice?
I practice every day for around 30 minutes.
6. Why do you love music?
I love music because I find it beautiful and it is very fun.
7. What pieces are you working on right now?
I just finished an etude and passed on to the next one. I also managed to play a pop piece of music with my dad just by listening to it. It was very fun.
8. What are some things you like doing besides music?
I really like art, math, and programming.
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a scientist.
Congratulations to New Mozart Honor Students 2022 for making the honor roll this year!
New Mozart Distinguished Honor Students are presented certificates commemorating their achievements and will be performing in the honors recital on March 20th and March 27th.
New Mozart Honors Recital March 1, 2020
Zacharie Aaron-Pracht
Adi Banwasi
Lukas Bau
Alisha Bernatzki
Anna Birman
Malaika Boros
Simon Braun
Beatrice Capodieci
Alice Cavalotti
Zoey Chan
Jasper Chan
Penelope Cheung
Siddharth Chidambaram
Debby Chu
Ella Cohen
Ria Cuellar-Koh
Chiara D'Agostino
Nickolas Daily
Dhriti Deepak
Aditya Deka
Zara Donepudi
Paxon Fatehi
Paloma Fatehi
Jordan Greenberg
Isabela Grimmer
Soham Gupta
Austin Guydish
Sarabeth Huang
Neil Iyer
Ayan Iyer
Lukas Jelks
Zoe Jovanovic
Hana Jovanovic
Ella Katila-Mikkulainen
Mei Tsai Knutson
Elijah Leppert
Vinca Lu
Valentina Marinucci
Yazan Massarweh
Paul McBurney
Alli Miikkulainen-Katila
Ella Miikkulainen-Katila
Nicola Montanari
Jiya Naik
Malhar Nair
Marlene Ng
Mira Poeta
Charlotte Ranisavljevic
Evelin Ren
Leo Shang
Sherry Shao
Steven Shu
Aidan Sighn
Anoushka Sinha
Kipling Song
Kelly Tanaka
Adalyn Tao
Shreya Tiruvury
Claire Truong
Cory Tsai
Matias Velasquez
Keaton Wan
Chloe Wu
Megan Xu
Lyra Yang
Nathalia Yang
Ayla Yarnall
Helena Ye
Annabel Zhao
New Mozart Honor Students are presented certificates commemorating their achievements.
Yohann Aaron-Pracht
Matthew Arradaza
Tlali Behar-Andrade
Paloma Boros
Yue Cao
Antoine Cetin
Inhoo Chang
Mikl Choi
Tiffany Chou
Evelyn Chu
Amanda Dharmawan
Timothy Feng
Abigail Friedland
Madeline Gifford
Robin Gray
Krisaana Gunsagar
Sophie Hackworth
Upasana Halder
Chantal Herath
Jeremiah Hollingsworth
Bennet Huang
Anya Jain
Avni Jain
Adam Ji
Eleanor Jiang
Jacob Jonson
Hana Jovanovic
Arnav Kamath
Jugat Kholi
Charlie Klinkner
Grace Knowles
Genevieve Knowles
Kay Knutson
Elsa Lagarblad
Joseph Lee
Toran Lento
Asher Leppert
Jackson Leung
Paul Liu
Luke Liu
Taylor Liu
Meredith Ma
Julia Marcos
Emma Martin
Sigourney Miskowicz
Guillermo Moreira
Aritra Nag
Naveen Narayanaswami
Camille Paldi
Alicia Pelley
Aria Poeta
Nia Porter
Kai Porter
Saina Priyadarshi
Harrison Rampell
Reina Rampell
Cameron Rampell
Alex Rampell
Pedro Rivadeneira
Rafael Rodrigo
Ritam Saha
Annelise Sailer
Nadhini Santhanam
Matias Santisteban
Sophie Shand
Shiv Sitaram
Claire Spence
Allyson Spence
Artem Tesov
Ishana Tewari
Alex Tong
Wesley Tsai
Rylan Tsai
Charlotte Urban
Iker Vahamaki
Benjamin Vakil
Aarthi Venkatraman
Elizabeth Wahl
Arwen Wei
Kate Wong
Zara Wong
Chloe Wu
Isaac Xun
Michelle Yi
Spencer Young
Indigo Young
Dean Zaba
Cindy Zhang
Haha Zhang
Evelyn Zhao
1 What is your name and how old are you?
My name is Claire Truong, I am 8 years old.
2. How long have you been studying piano and how old were you when you first started?
I have been learning piano for 3 years. I started with Harmony Road at the age of 5.
3. Who is your teacher?
My current teacher is Teacher Tong, who is a wonderful teacher. :)
4. What pieces are you currently working on?
I am currently working on Sonate 16 in C Major by Mozart and Invention No. 1 by Bach. I love Mozart!
5. How often do you practice?
I practice at least an hour a day.
6. Why do you love music?
Music is magical. Music gives me joy and music helps me to relax.
7. Tell us about some of your recent accomplishments. (you can include practice challenge. honor roll etc)
I was Distinguished Honor Student twice, I also received a New Mozart Plaque (collect 12 consecutive practice challenge certificates) as well as a New Mozart Trophy (collect 6 consecutive practice challenge certificates).
8. What are some things you like doing besides music?
I like drawing, crafting and sewing.
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
When I grow up, I want to be a great pianist.
Join us in celebrating the winter with our students’ music!
12 pm. 2 pm. 4 pm. 6 pm.
12 pm. 2 pm. 4 pm. 6 pm.
This month, we are featuring some of New Mozart's recent graduates. It has been an honor to witness their growth and we are so proud of every one of our graduates! Click on the student's name to read what s/her is doing next.
Maya Franz made music with us for 4 years in Teacher Diane's studio (voice). She is a freshman at Yale University.
Lauren Yen made music with us for 12 years. Harmony Road and Dr. Alexander (piano). She is a freshman at the University of Washington.
Eli Crystal made music with us for 11 years in Teacher Olga's studio (violin). He is a freshman at the University of Oregon.
Adam Friedland made music with us for 15 years. Harmony Road and Dr. Alexander's studio (piano). He is a freshman at Reed College.
Nina Hunt made music with us for 10 years in Teacher Vincent's studio (guitar). She is a freshman at Cornell University.
This month we are featuring some of New Mozart's recent graduates who have been making music with us for years.
Meet Lauren - She started in our Harmony Road program 12 years ago and went onto study violin with Teacher Michele and piano with Dr. Alexander. Lauren is a freshman at the University of Washington studying physics.
What instrument did you study at New Mozart and for how long? I started learning music at New Mozart in the Harmony Road program when I was in 1st grade. Then I studied violin with Teacher Michele for 6 years and piano with Dr. Alexander for 10 years.
What high school did you graduate from? Graduated Class of 2021 from Palo Alto High School
What are you doing next? This fall I started at the University of Washington majoring in Physics.
Tell us about your experience of learning music at New Mozart and how it has impacted your life. I enjoyed learning music over all these years at New Mozart. I loved coming to New Mozart because I could hear beautiful music throughout the building. The teachers were very nurturing and caring, they taught me so much about music and everything else which really enriched my life. I'm happy that I got a great music education growing up. I hope to continue playing music when I'm away at college and I'll be thinking about my great time and the wonderful people at New Mozart.
This month we are featuring some of New Mozart's recent graduates who have been making music with us for years.
Meet Nina, a guitarist and singer who studied with Teacher Vincent for 10 years. Nina is a 1st year engineering student at Cornell University.
What instrument did you study at New Mozart and for how long? Acoustic guitar. 10 years with Teacher Vincent
What high school did you graduate from? Graduated Class of 2021 from Palo Alto High School
What are you doing next? I am attending Cornell University studying engineering
Tell us about your experience of learning music at New Mozart and how it has impacted your life. I loved learning how to play guitar with Teacher Vincent at New Mozart. His positivity always made me excited to come to class and I can’t wait to play for my friends here at college. Thank you Teacher Vincent for a great 10 years!
